The Residency is a dynamic dining experience at UMAMIcatessen. What is The Residency? It is a chef’s table providing an intimate experience for chefs and diners to enjoy good food, good times, and gain culinary lessons. Saturday night Sharone Hakman held his chef’s table, serving barbeque. The group I was with had a terrific time, enjoyed his recipes, laughed a lot, and got some good cooking ideas. I appreciate and share Sharone’s approach to elevating food. “The Residency with ‘BBQ Elevated’, an upscale interpretation of barbecue from around the world. Best known for his standout performance on Fox's hit show Master Chef, and his own Hak's BBQ Sauce, Hakman is a culinary showman with an insatiable appetite for adventure and creating delectable food.”

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UMAMIcatessen is part of the UMAMI Restaurant Group of Chef Adam Fleischman. "Umami" is a Japanese word for one of the five kinds of taste, translated as "savory". Fleischman began with The Residency to give a rotating selection of chef’s a pop-up platform and bring in variety to his restaurant. The Residency is hosted at UMAMIcatessen, although this is no plain deli. “Inspired by international street bazaars and the classic American delicatessen, UMAMIcatessen is a table-service dining hall inside the Orpheum with approximately 170 seats, a full bar, and 5 different kitchens preparing food concepts by notable chefs from around the country.”

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This bar will enrich your dining experience. Yesterday I visited the UMAMIcatessen Back Bar in downtown Los Angeles. There to celebrate a friend's birthday dinner. This was a pre-dinner cocktail before having a terrific chef's dinner table meal by my culinary compadre Sharone Hakman. UMAMIcatessen is part of the UMAMI Restaurant Group of Chef Adam Fleischman. "Umami" is a Japanese word for one of the five kinds of taste, translated as "savory".

“The Back Bar will offer a wide selection of high quality wines from around the world at an unbelievable value. A reserve list of wines will change regularly, along with a few options for wines by the glass. Bigg’s cocktail menu for The Back Bar will include a mix of re-interpreted classics and handcrafted cocktails designed to complement the savory UMAMIcatessen menus. The Back Bar will also feature 10 different craft beers on draft and a limited assortment of bottled beer.”

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Potato chips can leave your stomach feeling coated with fat. These red kale and chips liberate your tongue from grease. If you are smart you will eat these all by yourself. If you foolishly share these with your friends, family, or party guests, then you may wish to make two batches.

Serve: You may wish to place the green kale chips at the bottom of a bowl, place the dip in a small dish in the center of the green kale chips, then surround with the red kale. Or you may wish to mix the red and green together.

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